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Preliminary Report on Lost Creek Schroeckingerite Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: Introduction: This report is a summary of the field work at the Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyo. from July 1 through November 22, 1952. The objectives of field work at Lost Creek during the report period were to obtain additional data for calculating tonnage and grade and to obtain additional information on the controls and localization of schroeckingerite. In order to accomplish these objectives the Survey continued the exploration by means of trenching, mapped all … more
Date: January 1953
Creator: Sheridan, Douglas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airborne Radioactivity Survey of the Red Desert Region, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: From abstract: An airborne radioactivity survey of a selected area in the Red Desert, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, containing outcrops of radioactive lignites and shales of known surface extent and uranium content, was flown on flight lines at three levels, respectively 250, 500, and 1,000 feet above the ground and spaced at one-quarter mile intervals. Measurements from three identical dual-channel radiation detectors were simultaneously recorded to obtain data at various distances from natural … more
Date: July 1951
Creator: Nelson, R. A.; Sharp, William N. & Stead, Frank W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lost Creek (Wamsutter) Schroeckingerite Deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: Summary: The Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit in Sweetwater County, Wyo., has attracted attention in the past both as an occurrence of comparatively rare minerals and more recently as a possible source of uranium ore. During the summer of 1948 a newly-formed company by the name of Uranium, Inc., explored part of the deposit by bulldozer trenching and drilling. under the technical direction of the Minerals Engineering Company of Grand Junction, Colo. Examination of the significant exposures o… more
Date: January 21, 1952
Creator: Wyant, Donald G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Deposits in the Red Desert of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: From introduction: The investigations that are the subject of this report were to appraise the uranium resources of the Red Desert area, and to accumulate data concerning the geology of uranium. Knowledge of the genesis of the schroeckingerite is necessary for a clear appraisal of the deposit.
Date: November 1951
Creator: Wyant, Donald G.; Sharp, William N. & Sheridan, Douglas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of the Sand Dunes Wilderness Study Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: From summary: In this report the area studied is referred to as the "wilderness study area" or the "study area". Investigations of mineral occurrences in and near the wilderness study area during 1984 and 1985 indicated high mineral resource potential for undiscovered deposits of coal, moderate potential of oil shale and natural gas, low potential for oil, and identified resources of claystone, shale, and sand.
Date: 1987
Creator: Merewether, E. A.; Kulik, D. M. & Ryan, George S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Resources of the Honeycomb Buttes Wilderness Study Area, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming

Description: From summary: This report includes field investigations to evaluate the mineral resource potential of the Honeycomb Buttes were conducted during the summer of 1984. Geologic mapping, geochemical sampling, geophysical surveys, stratigraphic and sedimentological studies, and surveys of prospects delineated areas of very low grade placer gold deposits in terrace gravels and low and moderate resource potential for additional similar undiscovered placer gold deposits, low and moderate resource poten… more
Date: 1987
Creator: Patterson, Charles G.; Kulik, D. M.; Loen, Jeffrey S.; Koesterer, M. E. & Scott, David C.
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Mineral Resources of the Adobe Town Wilderness Study Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: From abstract: This report concerns the resource extraction potential for the Adobe Town Wilderness Study Area. There are no identified resources in the study area.
Date: 1990
Creator: Van Loenen, Richard E.; Hill, Randall H.; Bankey, Viki; Bryant, William A. & Kness, R. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: From abstract: Field work leading to this report was done by the U. S. Geological Survey for the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nearly 24 townships were mapped in the central part of the Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Fourteen of these townships contain outcrops of uranium-bearing coal. Thirty coal beds were mapped, but only seven of them have uranium-bearing coal reserves as defined in this report.
Date: March 1956
Creator: Pipiringos, George N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineralogy and Geochemistry of a Uraniferous Coal From the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: Report discussing the investigation of the mineralogy and geochemistry of some subbituminous uraniferous coal from the Red Desert area of Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Data and discussion from the mineralogic and geochemical studies, Fischer retort assays of a coal sample, and summary and conclusions are included.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Breger, I. A.; Deul, Maurice; Meyrowitz, Robert & Rubinstein, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Eastern Part of the Red Desert Area, Great Divide Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: The following report discusses the results from studies made during a program of geological mapping and exploratory core drilling that was carried out from 1951 to 1953 by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to determine the areal distribution, thickness, and uranium content of coal in the eastern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Masursky, Harold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results of Exploratory Core Drilling for Uranium Bearing Coal in the Northern Part of the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Description: Report presenting the results of core drilling in Sweetwater county, Wyoming aimed at finding uraniferous coal. Information regarding the locations that were drilled, progress made in drilling, geology of the area, reserves of uraniferous coal, and future plans are included.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Masursky, Harold; Pipiringos, George N. & Gower, Howard D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium-Bearing Coal in the Central Part of the Great Divide Basin

Description: This report follows fieldwork intended to determine distribution of uranium in coal in the central part of the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, that was done between the summers of 1951-53.
Date: 1961
Creator: Pipiringos, George N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium-bearing Coal in the Eastern Part of the Red Desert Area, Wyoming

Description: Introduction: "A program of geological mapping and exploratory core drilling was carried out from 1951 to 1953 by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to determine the areal distribution, thickness, and uranium content of coal in the eastern part of the Red Desert area, Sweetwater County, Wyo. Results of the field an laboratory studies of the distribution of uranium and other trace metals and hypotheses concerning the origin and mode of emplacement of the tr… more
Date: 1962
Creator: Masursky, Harold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results of exploration at Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, July 1951-February 1952: an interim report

Description: "his interim report presents the grade and tonnage data collected during exploration at the Lost Creek schroeckingerite deposit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Between July 1951 and February 1952. Discussions of he geologic results of exploration (lithology, mineralogy, structure, origin, etc.) are not included in this report and consequently the detailed lithology and structure have been omitted from the illustrations (figs. 1-7)"
Date: July 1952
Creator: Sheridan, Douglas M.; Collier, John T. & Sears, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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